11/04/2012

Jakob "Dino" Dinesens Afro Cuban dream is here

Jakob Dinesen is without a doubt one of Denmark’s
busiest and most significant jazz musicians. Jakob Dinesen (or DINO as he is
known among friends) is unique on the Danish jazz scene – or more to the point:
the Danish music scene as a whole, for he is no puritan. The 41-year old
saxophonist plays in an endless variety of constellations and idioms:
Collaborations with African musicians, Cuban and Australian musicians, duo with
vocalist and guitarist Paul Banks... We could go on and on – the world is his
stage. He is a traveler in music in the very best sense. Wherever it’s
happening, that’s where you will find him.

He has recorded several records in his own name, and
worked as a sideman or co-leader on numerous others. Twice he has won a Danish
Grammy for Jazz Album of the Year: In 1997 with Once Around The Park, and in
2000 for his collaboration with Kurt Rosenwinkel on EVERYTHING WILL BE
ALLRIGHT.

In 2004, Dino received the prestigious Danish jazz
award, the JAZZPAR, which for 15 years honoured a long list of jazz personalities.
The prize allowed him to put together a group of his choice, which resulted in
the Danish Muisc Jazz Award nomination with the release of LADY WITH A SECRET featuring Eddie Gomez and
Nasheet Waits among others.

Jakob
Dinesen has played in countless constellations with most of the major Danish
musicians playing modern jazz. But it was in the trendsetting Once Around The
Park that a really personal side of his playing was revealed for the first
time. The band name originates from a composition by Paul Motian, who has been
a great source of inspiration for Jakob Dinesen. Other musicians who have
inspired are Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Eric Dolphy and Thelonious Monk. Dinesen can
play the jazz standards with intensely swinging raw power. When he writes
original music he always uses the piano. He has one leg comfortably in the
post-bebop, and the other in something modern here-and-now. It’s the open point
of view – the vibe – that makes the difference, Dinesen says. His lines are
energetic and self-assured, and his tone is disciplined with body and soul and
wonderfully free of gimmicks.

With
his latest album for Stunt Records ”EN AMORADO EN COPENHAGUE” finds Dino flying
supernaturally in a delectable and musically satisfying project involving a
handful of outstanding Cuban percussionists, a horn section, Dawda Jobarteh
from Gambia and the vocals of Raisa Reyes Castro and Thomas Helmig. Dinesen
combines these elements brilliantly, placing his own national identity in the
center of an orgy of Afro-Cuban rhythms in songs with origins in Denmark and
Cuba.

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